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The XXX star tells TMZ.com that he was contacted by an adult film company and hired to shoot an x-rated film with the reality star this past weekend. He added that the original plan was to make it look like the video was just another leaked celebrity sex tape, but things got complicated after the two stars were spotted leaving Vivid Entertainment -- one of the biggest film companies in porn -- on Sunday holding hands.

"I think what happened -- I don't know what happened, to be honest -- but I think what happened is that they [the porn company] were going to pass it off as a 'sex tape' and then somebody saw us... coming out of a building together..." Deen explains.

The actor, who recently filmed mainstream flick "The Canyons" with Lindsay Lohan, says he "can't lie", so he told people who asked, "we're making a porno!"

Deen explained that between the photos of him and Abraham leaving Vivid, her recent denial of a tape's existence, and comments from Vivid president Steve Hirsch -- who said he's "doing everything in my power to get the rights to put it out," the story blew up and was a case of "too much information" getting out.